North County prep flag football returns to the gridiron
CARLSBAD — As part of their Genius Project at Sage Creek High School, then-junior softball players Claire Novak and Torri Ramirez conceptualized a Bobcat girls’...
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Friday Night Lights: North County prep football preview
ENCINITAS — In the runup to this week’s prep football’s return under the stadium lights starting Aug. 23, The Coast News traveled around North County...
CSUSM sports on the rise under new athletics director
Cal State San Marcos Director of Athletics Morod Shah finds inspiration in his father. Morod remembers how his dad, Habib Shah, would write the alphabet...
Rancho Santa Fe taekwondo fighter wins national heavyweight title
Dennis Carlo was shaving in the bathroom of his Rancho Santa Fe home when his oldest son, Eric, then five, approached him. “Dad,” he said,...
Saint Katherine men’s hoops bids final farewell in Mexico exhibition
SAN MARCOS — Late Wednesday night at the Gimnasio de Mexicali, Baja California, remnants of the University of Saint Katherine men’s basketball team came together...
Oceanside softball wraps historic season with first-ever regional title
LOS ANGELES — In April, after a second consecutive loss to Avocado League rival Sage Creek, Oceanside softball head coach Michael Romero had a message...
Oceanside native Te-Hina Paopao’s long road to hoops greatness
OCEANSIDE — As a little girl, Te-Hina Paopao’s first basket came on an outdoor hoop stanchioned in an oversized parking space in front of her...
USK coaches, athletes hit restart button after school pulls plug
SAN MARCOS — On a Thursday evening in late April, the University of Saint Katherine men’s basketball team gathered at the USK Sports Complex on...
Lancers remain confident amid thorny Coastal League schedule
For Carlsbad High School, Coastal League baseball games are never easy wins. “Without a doubt, the Coastal League is the top league in San Diego,”...
CSUSM sophomore makes DII history playing softball, baseball in same day
Cal State San Marcos softball player Jillian Albayati had a busy Sunday, playing 13 innings at third base and coming to the plate six times...
CSUSM falls to Minnesota State in Final Four to end historic season
ST. JOSEPH, MO — After spending back-to-back late nights in her team’s hotel conference room watching game film, Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball head...
CSUSM upsets top-seeded Gannon, advances to Final Four
ST. JOSEPH, MO — Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball did the unthinkable on Monday evening, defeating top-seeded Gannon University in the Division II NCAA...
Carlsbad falls late to Harvard-Westlake in CIF regional semifinal
LOS ANGELES — For Carlsbad, it was the same outcome but a very different story. The Lancers boys’ basketball dream season ended Saturday night as...